Written question asked by Alan W Williams (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 May 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 May 2001. It was answered by Lord Hain (Labour) on Wednesday, 9 May 2001 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many medical assessment procedures were conducted each week since 1st January 2000 in the miners compensation claim for chest disease. - Includes table, figures and ref to 13 March 2001 at 364 c548-9W.

Answer: Mr. Alan W. Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many medical assessment procedures were conducted each week since 1 January 2000 in the miners' compensation claim for chest disease. [160497] Mr. Hain: I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave on 13 March 2001, Official Report, columns 548-49W. The individual weekly totals from 11 March 2001 to date are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Week ending Number of MAPs 11 March 659 18 March 565 25 March 570 1 April 537 8 April 694 15 April 541 22 April 507 29 April 757 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The total number of MAPs undertaken to date is 18,048.

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